StartupBus is an annual technological startup competition and entrepreneurship boot camp, described as a Hackathon, created by Elias Bizannes in February 2010.

The competition seeks to attract young top talents to compete, to search for the most innovative startup conceived by the groups, where the winners are determined by a panel of judges.

Starting from February 2011, it has gone through many iterations in various continents from 2011 to the present day, with the first in Austin, Texas and subsequently in North America, Europe and Africa.

[3] Buspreneurs are selected based on an invite-only basis after indicating their interest through submission of an application and proposal with an interview there after, if shortlisted.

Power on board the StartupBus is however short in supply and with Wi-Fi that is unstable at times, making the competition even tougher for the buspreneurs.

Pit stops are made where buspreneurs gather feedback on their products, learn about business environments and to rest for the night.

Activities on board the StartupBus competition and application fee upon acceptance are subjected to the amount of funding they receive each year.

The alumni bus was the subject of a reality show web series published by Relativity Media for their Coin channel on YouTube[12] The New York City bus was the subject of the StartupBus mini-series created by Eric Mennel, as part of the StartUp podcast produced by Gimlet Media.

6 startups were conceived through the Greek journey, they are Trisleep which is a GPS based alarm, GoTrick which is an Uber for long-distance travel, HealthRate that finds and rates healthcare providers, Xplory which Gamifies cultural visits, Mezo and Zumo.

The bus started out from the Capital of Zimbabwe, Harare and its final destination was South Africa, Cape Town for the Global Entrepreneurship Week.